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What you are going to read in the next couple of minutes is a disavowal of a word that has been used to literally tar and besmirch people from a continent we now refer to as Africa. This word I’m alluding to is “black”, a word that was never, ever ours to begin with and
This week’s Ghion cast focuses on identity and the labels and words we ascribe to that serve as a means of marginalizing us and dehumanizing our existence. Listen to the Ghion Cast below and make sure you read the article “We are Not Black” which covers this topic in further detail by clicking HERE. Share on
The ironies of life can nibble at our souls like a thousand stray kittens. Perhaps I should not even call it irony, it’s more like a sublime interposition that initially starts off as pains but in time transforms into blessings. I’ve seen many painful moments in my life, from leaving my beloved land of birth
Not too long ago, I was a part of the very frivolousness I am pointing out in this article. This was back when I was a social media justice warrior who occasionally attended one protest or another only to return to the comforts of my corporate cubicle clinker. While eating from the belly of the beast, I
As most Americans are focused on the inauguration today—some finding elation in a change of power and others cuddling up to dejection due to an outgoing president—I find myself instead in a moment of monumental reflection. This day is significant to me for a whole other reason and I find myself at once thanking God
We are on the cusp of a symbolic gesture meant to appease the public and perpetuate the farce that we the people are in charge of this nation. The symbolism I am referring to is the changeover in power—out goes Obama and in comes Trump. In other words, meet the new boss, same as the
Support Independent Media Consider this a “sponsor” ad of sorts. Which actually delves into the reason I’m writing this quick missive. If you listen to Ghion Cast and read the content of what I write, you know that I am always hesitant when it comes to monetizing this website. Now you would think as a
Love. At once the source of rapture when it is found and the root of the untold agony when it is lost. Love can refine us or confine us, no one can escape the gravity of love and no one has yet to concoct a potion that can control its ebbs and flows. I am
This is the third installment of Ghion Cast, a weekly broadcast where host Teodrose Fikre discusses the impact that politics has on our lives and how politics is the very root of injustice that tears at the fabric of humanity. Teodrose discusses the very issues that divide the masses in ways that is easily comprehended by
The things we are drawn to, the affections that capture our hearts, there is a source from which these emotions flow outward to inhabit our passions. There’s a reason why I am writing this article to thank veterans and why I’m expressing my admiration and reverence for those who put on the uniform. But before
Two score and thirteen years ago, a great American gave a speech where he espoused his dreams for the “negro child”, a dream where little “black boys” and “white boys” walk hand in hand in equality. A dream where one is judged not by the color of one’s skin but based on the content of
I used to say all the time that our names truly are our destinies. But back then it was an observation that I made without necessarily understanding the sheer gravity our names have on the trajectory of our lives. It was not until right before my life crumbled apart as I was on the last
I will admit in advance that John Lewis was a hero of mine for the sacrifices he went through and the struggles he overcame on behalf of equality and justice. And in a way, what I am writing about John Lewis today is not so much a condemnation as it is a reflection of the
I’m almost certain that the when the devil seduced Eve to gorge on the “apple” he told her that she could have a sample of the “apple” for free. From free love to free samples, the word free has been bandied about loosely by endless devils ever since to deceive people into bondage. Every con
It’s the Mondays that test us, the good times of Friday and Saturday in the rear-view mirror, the top of the week can seem like the bottom of the pits. To some, this is an allusion to the regular grind of life where we work five days a week in order to celebrate a rough
Let’s just say I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting lately. Not too long ago, I thought I knew how to gauge success. It was easy really, success was tangible and quantifiable. Success was based on attaining an MBA at Hopkins or getting a promotion at Booz Allen or attaining some credential or another. But
Is it possible that this whole thing is nothing but one big dream? I mean it can’t be real can it, did we really elect a know-nothing ogre as the president of the United States and the titular head of the so-called free world? This is a joke right, in a few minutes the alarm
